Microwaves - suggestions

[SteveT]

SeanMG wrote:- Good riddance I say - save your money and get the decent steak again.

They are not meant to cook steaks, for that you need a frying pan with oil and clouds of blue smoke coming from it.

They are excellent for re-heating cold food from the fridge,

Christmas Pudding type desserts,

and warming up cold drinks of tea and coffee and defrosting.

[Roll Deep]

"I suspect they're considered common, wee quinnie. Probably only a small step up from a soda stream."

Although not as class-dividing as a fondue set.

[woofmarkthedog]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> 'tis true I hold my highest suspicions for

> electric hobs - devil's work I tell you

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Well... *one hand on hip, other gesticulating a swirling motion*

What about "induction" hobs then

They heat the pan by a magnetic force swirling round the pan at such speed that it heats up

Leaving the actual hob it's self "Stone Cold"

Yes, sinister I know & probably invented by Thetans from another time warp

Yes .....

W**F

[wee quinnie]

Ted Max Wrote:

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> I can't understand why microwaves are being

> dissed.

>

> I suspect they're considered common, wee quinnie.

> Probably only a small step up from a soda stream.

Soda streams are "common"? God, I am getting old (clearly).

[cate]

wee quinnie Wrote:

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> I can't understand why microwaves are being

> dissed. For sure, you probably wouldn't want to

> cook your entire dinner in it. but I find them

> mighty useful for:

>

> 1. Cooking potatoes quickly which I can then chuck

> into what I am cooking on the stove. (Saves about

> 15 mins cooking time).

> 2. Reheating cups of tea/coffee that have gone

> cold.

> 3. Drinking chocolate. (Saves washing up the

> saucepan).

> 4. Quickest/best way to melt choclate for cooking

> (According to Nigella).

> 5. Reheating leftover cooked rice.

>

> Etc etc

Mine is broken and haven't done anything about it as it is built in. I do miss it although I manage without it. Use it as above and also for melting butter and defrosting. Reheating leftovers too and warming up milk. If you get a new one if might be better to get one that is a convection oven as well and then if your proper oven breaks you will have an alternative.

[HonaloochieB]

I've had one for the last six years that my mother lobbed at me as I was leaving her place one day, she having had it for I suppose four years plus.

It's got a clockwork timer and has worked like clockwork, for lo these past few years.

It's not a cooking device, it's a heating-up contraption.

Once you know that you know all there is to know about them.

Unless you're as mad as Mark Knopfler who thought you had "to install microwave ovens".

Installation? Take out of box. Place on kitchen surface, adjacent to an electrical source. Plug in.

Was Knopfler charging for that? Bastard cowboy. Money for sod all, the cheeky git.

My 'wave is just spot on for heating up ready meals, particularly the Co-op prawn arrabiata, I find it toothsome.

Two weeks ago as I was lifting some form of 'food badness' from the 'wave something caught onto somewhere and the God of clumsiness appeared and the glass base fell from it's mooring and shattered on the floor. It's actually still there as I've mislaid the dustpan and brush, but that's neither here nor there.

Anyway, I thought this must surely be the end of the 'wave. You'd think, wouldn't you?

Well you think too much don't you my friend? I simply placed a large flat plate of my acquaintance in situ and everything was as right as dodgers.

And continues to be so. I'l let you know of any changes. Viddy if I don't.

[daizie]

Ah Honaloo, i have 5 glass plates i have saved from my previous microwaves .1 may fit yours if you want 1 :)

[SteveT]

HonaloochieB, I think you've pulled;-)

[daizie]

Iv'e only offered him a plate . Edited to say, that if he looks like David Beckham, Russel Brand or Alex Reid I might be tempted .

[Roll Deep]

Offered it to him on a plate, more like.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Dont listen to these pontificating nay-sayers, that Sean McGabadene may not have a microwave, but he does eat cold Heinz beans straight from the tin. Microwaves are great for de-frosting and reheating and cooking veg, rice and other simple stuff.

My experience is that the super dooper groovy ones with lots of buttons to press are a waste of money. Buy one with 2 dials - one for the power level and one for the time, thats all you will need. Cost about ?30 to ?40, brand names make little difference.

[Narnia]

Did you know that if you try to cook live ants in a microwave you wont be able to. They can hide in those places the waves don't reach!

[Ted Max]

That's Roll Deep's entertainment taken care of for the night, then.

[Roll Deep]

Don't be so stupid, Ted. All my 'experiments' involve mammals only. Not bugs.

[HonaloochieB]

daizie Wrote:

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> Iv'e only offered him a plate . Edited to say,

> that if he looks like David Beckham, Russel Brand

> or Alex Reid I might be tempted .

Actually Daizie, offering a chap of my vintage a 'plate' implies far more than just a present of pottery.

I refer you to Jenny Fabian's book 'Groupie' for further information.

Thank you for your kind offer of a part for my microwave and of course if you have unintentionally made any any offer of an intimate nature, then rest assured I promise I will not hold you to it.

[falcao]

So you're only looking for a plateonic relationship?

[daizie]

If anyone wants any microwave plates pm me i also have 3 washing machine doors. Hotpoint

[brum]

Daizie - you put my head in a spin.

[HAL9000]

HonaloochieB Wrote:

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> daizie Wrote:

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> > Iv'e only offered him a plate

> Actually Daizie, offering a chap of my vintage a

> 'plate' implies far more than just a present of

> pottery.

Quite! That usage seems to have dropped out of fashion these days but you're not the only one who remembers the old plate.

[daizie]

::o:-$

[Roll Deep]

"I also have 3 washing machine doors. Hotpoint."

Any more cut 'n' shut appliances you want us to know about, Daizie?

[????]

leave her hedgetrimmer out of this

[Roll Deep]

What about her water-feature. Is that in need of some 'maintenance'?

[daizie]

forgot about that - i cant wait for the spring, i might be offering rings and bracelets

[Ladymuck]

HAL9000 Wrote:

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>

> Quite! That usage seems to have dropped out of

> fashion these days but you're not the only one who

> remembers the old plate.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph!